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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2004
... Telstra's overall revenues to rise by between 0.4-0.5% and an analyst and media phone in is bound to focus on strategy at the company following last week's departure of chairman Bob Mansfield.

AMP shares rally on strong buyback response, debt paydown

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2004
Shares in AMP climbed 4% yesterday after the recovering financial services company said the completion of a near $1 billion buyback of income securities would help halve its debt. Chief executive Andrew Mohl said 31,000 income securities holders, representing ...

Alinta completes rights issue

... with around 92% of the 84.5 million shares being taken up by eligible shareholders at the close of the Rights Issue," the company said. Alinta said the book build placed the rights of eligible shareholders who chose not to accept or trade their rights ...

Less mergers this year: IRESS

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2004
... Dunai said that with the upturn in equity markets there was a "firmness" occurring in the industry that bode well for his company. "The equity market is a definite positive - it probably started turning for us, and our clients' fortune, around December ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2004
... McDonald's tumbled after its chairman and chief executive, Jim Cantalupo, died suddenly of an apparent heart attack. The company named President and Chief Operating Officer Charlie Bell as CEO to succeed Cantalupo. Investors snapped up tech heavyweights ...

Aspen and Financial Resources launch fixed interest fund

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2004
Listed property entity Aspen Group and commercial finance company Financial Resources have joined to launch a fixed interest style fund offering investors high yielding debt securities. The new company, Aspen Financial Resources Ltd (AFRL), will focus ...

Bluestone buys into reverse mortgage market

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2004
... non-conforming market, advises potential borrowers to seek independent legal advice before taking out reverse mortgages. The company will offer loans equal to between 11% and 45% of the property value and up to $500,000, depending on the age of the b ...

News Corp appoints directors

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2004
... directors to 14 in the wake of the proposed relocation to the United States. It has appointed two representatives to the company's 13-strong board to replace Graham Kraehe, who resigned to become chairman of troubled National Australia Bank. Former Phillip ...

Super Cheap Auto gears up for IPO

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2004
... retailer Super Cheap Auto said today it was gearing up for a float on the Australian Stock Exchange. The Brisbane-based company said it expected to lodge a prospectus for an initial public offer with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission ...

Govt faces Telstra pressure as chairman departs

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2004
The Federal Government faces renewed pressure over its plans to sell Telstra after the shock resignation of the company's chairman. Bob Mansfield announced his decision well after the stock exchange closed last night, citing a rupture in board trust ...